scientific diffusion Seminars and Agenda King’s College London & CEM/Cepid
King’s College London & CEM/Cepid
“30 years of the Right to Health in Brazil: What has changed? What remains to be changed? Challenges and Obstacles”
Live stream, day 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgeKk8e8s74
Live stream, day 11: https://youtu.be/Sgg_4F_f9S4
In 2018 Brazil commemorates the thirtieth anniversary of the inclusion of right to health in its constitution. This was the upshot of a longstanding campaign of the so-called “Sanitary Movement” which certainly had a significant impact. The most visible was perhaps the creation of a universal public health system (the “SUS”) only two years later, with Law 8.080-1990.
But what was the exact impact of constitutionalization on the population’s health thirty years on? Are there grounds for celebration? How far is there still to go? What are the obstacles and challenges to overcome?
These are the main questions we aim to discuss in this workshop, looking at more specific themes such as the state of the health of the Brazilian population, health inequalities in Brazil, the challenges to the adequate funding of SUS and the so-called “judicialization of health”.